Energy and water are of fundamental importance for our modern society, and advanced
technologies on sustainable energy storage and conversion as well as water resource …

Hydrogels have been employed for water purification applications, but their performance
and strength are unsatisfactory for widespread adoption. Recently, hydrogel …

Materials with switchable mechanical properties are widespread in living organisms and
endow many species with traits that are essential for their survival. Many of the mechanically …

Digital light processing (DLP) based 3D printing is a well recognized area with tremendous
technical and commercial potential. The printing process is essentially a photochemical …

Abstract Information security has gained increasing attention in the past decade, leading to
the development of advanced materials for anti‐counterfeiting, encryption and …

Tough Al-alginate/poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) hydrogel has been synthesized by
introducing an interpenetrating network with hybrid physically cross-linked alginate and …

Morphological instabilities and surface wrinkling of soft materials such as gels and biological
tissues are of growing interest to a number of academic disciplines including soft …

Biological processes are dynamic in nature, and growing evidence suggests that matrix
stiffening is particularly decisive during development, wound healing and disease; yet …